QUOTE OF THE DAY

"The real voyage of discovery consists of not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes."

-Marcel Proust

MOVIE REVIEW

CRANK

Lots of action=lots of fun
Amy Smart was funny.
Like the hispanics.
Too choppy, made me feel sick.
Easy to follow plot.
Could never really happen.

RATE: ***

MAUI TIMES

Dan took these great pics while flying, yes maybe he should have been focused on the actual mechanics of turning the aircraft away from the erupting volcanoes, but then he wouldnt have these sweet pics!

DAILY SLANG......EXPLAINED

catawampus

noun, "a fierce and destructive creature"

OR

adjective, "askew, jumbled up."

(Sounded out like kittywompus)

EXPLANATION :

Catawampus is of uncertain origin. The first element is probably a variant of the same cater- in kitty-corner; this, we recall, means 'diagonal', and is ultimately from the Latin word quattuor 'four'. The second element may be related to the Scots word wampish 'to wriggle, twist, or swerve about'.

As an adjective meaning 'askew', catawampus is first recorded in the 1850s, and is in widespread use in all parts of the United States with the exception of the Northeast. In the adverbial sense 'diagonally', it dates to the turn of this century and is chiefly found in the Midlands and the South.

TODAY'S THOUGHT PROVOKING QUESTION

Why do people not smile back when you pass them on the street and be the first to complain that they receive bad customer service?

Shout outs....

Luke "the Wizard" Johnston
Glenn "Ladies Man" Davis
Puddy "Ma" Johnston
Erin "Snatchez" Sanchez
Amanda "Shorty" Riedy
Melissa "The Rocker" Ward

To all our regulars...thankx for caring!!!!

Peace!

In The News........

When mountain lion attacks, spouse fights back

Wife clubs big cat with log after husband is attacked in California state park

SAN FRANCISCO - Wildlife officials credited a woman with saving her husband's life by clubbing a mountain lion that attacked him while the couple were hiking in a California state park.

Jim and Nell Hamm, who will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary next month, were hiking in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park when the lion pounced, officials said Thursday.

"He didn't scream. It was a different, horrible plea for help, and I turned around, and by then the cat had wrestled Jim to the ground," Nell Hamm said in an interview from the hospital where her husband was recovering from a torn scalp, puncture wounds and other injuries.

After the attack, game wardens closed the park about 320 miles north of San Francisco and released hounds to track the lion. They later shot and killed a pair of lions found near the trail where the attack happened.

The carcasses were flown to a state forensics lab to determine if either animal mauled the man.

Although the Hamms are experienced hikers, neither had seen a mountain lion before Jim Hamm was mauled, his wife said. Nell Hamm said she grabbed a four-inch-wide log and beat the animal with it, but it would not release its hold on her husband's head.

"Jim was talking to me all through this, and he said, 'I've got a pen in my pocket and get the pen and jab him in the eye,'" she said. "So I got the pen and tried to put it in his eye, but it didn't want to go in as easy as I thought it would."

When the pen bent and became useless, Nell Hamm went back to using the log. The lion eventually let go and, with blood on its snout, stood staring at the woman. She screamed and waved the log until the animal walked away.

moral of this story......do NOT hike alone, always bring your grandma!!!!

for interview go to http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16817149/from/ET/

This occurred near Humboldt and husband is being treated at the hospital in Arcata.

lately simplified

Catherine:
-sick
-started school
-can make objects out of clay
-paid 75 bucks for one paperback textbook and can't figure out why

Daniel:
-tired of cockroaches
-paid 97 bucks for 20 minute check up and can't figure out why
-not good with words
-eating homemade mexican food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Quote of the Day

“It's ironic that in our culture everyone's biggest complaint is about not having enough time; yet nothing terrifies us more than the thought of eternity.”

Dennis Miller

daily crisis

You know the character Joe Pesci plays in Casino? Well, take that but a female version and that's my english teacher.

Quote of the Day

"Assassins!"

- Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957) to his orchestra

Disturbing News

Dan has found his car in Maui to be the new home of terrorizing large cockroaches. Yes, cockroaches. So let's please take a moment of silence for him.................................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................................. Thank you.

See miracles do happen.

taken from --Political Gateway

Cat survives 3 weeks trapped on plane

DENVER, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- A cat that spent three weeks flying across oceans in the cargo hold of a United Airlines plane is recovering from the ordeal at a veterinary clinic in Denver.

Pumpkin got out of her container and vanished during a short haul from England to Germany Dec. 28, the Rocky Mountain News reported. Airport workers found her in Denver Wednesday.

"When she came in, she was dirty and light as a feather," said veterinarian David Gall of the Alameda East Clinic. "She has gained about half a pound since we've been feeding her."

Gall said Pumpkin appears to have flown from London to Munich, and then to Washington and eventually to Los Angeles. Somehow, she survived without food or water.

Once Pumpkin recovers from dehydration she will make one more short trip to rejoin her owner in Washington state.

Quote of the Day

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Hitting the courts

Crazy fun at the tennis courts where Dan continues to smash all of my


efforts to win 1 point. Just wait till Luke comes out. He'll destroy Danny!!! I got money on it so he better.....

Quote of the Day

"Don't be so humble - you are not that great."

- Golda Meir (1898-1978) to a visiting diplomat

Rules of Flight Etiquitte

If you are planning a vacation or business travel then here are a few rules to fly by.

1. Arrive to the airport on time. What is sooo difficult about leaving your house at 3pm for your 530 pm flight. I don't care about your kids, or traffic, or broken down hunk of junk you call "reliable". What suddenly your kids did something inhuman that you have never seen before that kept you from leaving? Or was it that crazy traffic that just sprang out of nowhere causing a complete universal reverse of the time continuum and therefore made you late?

2. If you are late, due to some unforeseen event such as death or the second coming of Christ, don't start screaming at the gate agents for letting the flight leave without you. I am sure if a census was taken of all the other passengers on the plane they would agree to delay the place causing everyone to miss their connections just so YOU can make the flight. However, had you left on time........

3. For God sake, if you haven't eaten and consider you may feel hunger pains during the takeoff roll then eat before getting on the plane. Or if you must bring food, make it as odor pleasing as possible. No-one wants to smell your rank McDonald's Value meal for 5 hours. Or the horrid pleasantness of your breath afterwards.

4. Attention all parents with children.

--Do NOT change your child's diaper next to me. or near me, or at all in fact unless a stench has formed. In that case remove yourself and the stink vessel and go into the bathroom. that's what they are for. Not the tray table. Do you see a picture of a baby on it? No.
--If you know your baby is whiny then drug it so it sleeps for the duration of the flight. No one cares what is wrong with it and no one wants to hear the brat crying the whole time or listen to your incessant "shhh shhh" which is almost as bad. Just shut up and drug the thing.
--Under no circumstances are children EVER allowed to touch me. Just because I am female does not automatically mean I care remotely about your human snot rag.
--Lap child means exactly that, your child STAYS in YOUR lap. That does not mean the little monster can run around up and down the aisle during taxiing so the flight attendant has to unbuckle himself and return your child to you with disdain. What you think the little bugger can just hang on to a random armrest during takeoff? Someone call CPS please.

5. If you are a passenger with an aisle or window seat, have a little courtesy and don't take up BOTH armrests. It's bad enough to have to sit in the middle seat, give the person a break and let them have the 2 armrests. One is enough for you, especially since you can lean away from the person your next to. The middle passenger cannot, what you want them to lean forward with their arms folded across the chest, and legs planted firmly together never to move the entire time? Selfish flyer.

6. For God's sake, eat a freakin breath mint and take a damn shower!

7. If you know you are "big" then buy the extra ticket. Its better for everyone, otherwise don't fly. take a train.

8. Cover the cleavage ladies. I don't want my bored eyes staring down your shirt every 2 minutes. Have some decency.

9. Keep your stink ass feet inside your shoes. Don't remove them. Its bad enough we have to smell dirty baby and greasy burger. Don't add logs to the fire with your rare and vile foot diseased stench.

10. Alcoholics, a drink is fine. 5 drinks are NOT. Why does this even have to be explained. Sign the form, 12 steps get you from mom's in Phoenix to Billy's (your best college buddy) in Chicago in only one try.

11. Entrepreneurs: If I have my earphones in, eyes closed, and head leaned against the window do NOT tap my arm just so you can show me a 2 minute slide presentation on how you made 5 billion dollars last week selling wigs to bald dogs. I DON'T CARE!!! And you're never going to convince me with your spray on tan and capped pearly whites you fake arrogant bastard! Just let me sleep, its bad enough I'm stuck sitting next to you.

12. Basically, just don't talk, touch, look, smell, or think in my direction and we will get along fine.


Hope these rules help your next trip to be a better one.
Fly the Flag people, Fly the Flag.

The journey Begins

Ok so this is our first post. We are new to this whole process so please, only point and laugh BEHIND our backs. Thanks.